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Assassin's Creed min requirements updated

Some of you may remember the earlier news about the rather steep minimum requirements of the forthcoming PC version of Ubisoft's hit Assassin's Creed. Those specs were quickly pulled from the web, but Ubisoft have done the right thing and put them back up, with changes.

The differences are minor but they do bring the specs back down, closer to Earth!

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MK_Red5896d ago

Nice find. Hopefully now more PC gamers can enjoy this beautiful game.

Scarfy5896d ago

No offence to the PC gamers, because I used to be one, but when you look at the specs of a PC vs that of a PS3 or an Xbox, you do have to wonder.

Yes, consoles have specialised hardware for running games, and don't have the overhead of a massive OS, but still... it's a bit much.

Rageanitus5896d ago

If you know how to tweak the pc properly..

I.e I have a x1950xtx and gears of war has better texture, at higher res 1600x 1050, and smoother than the xbox counterpart.. And my cpu is an opteron 185 dual core with 2 gigs of ram...

Now you look at the specs of the xbox they are a tad worse than my computer, and I have plenty more ram (ram is cheap btw).

Its all in the way you tweak things.... Ive been tweaking my computer since dos based games.....

LinuxGuru5896d ago

You think an dual-core Opteron is better than a Triple-core 3.2GHz PPC?

Besides the processor, the 360 doesn't have impressive specs.....at all.

If the 360 had 2GB system Ram, and the ATI card inside had 512MB ram....and a MUCH better design / cooling system....then THAT would be a console that would put PCs to shame.

Can you imagine a 3-core 2GB 512 video ram console? That thing would scream!

By the way, anyone know of any good websites that tell how to reduce Windows Vista memory usage?

Thanks.

TheIneffableBob5896d ago (Edited 5896d ago )

Vista uses prefetching to cache RAM. It's not memory intensive, it's just making use of your RAM. There's no reason in having 2GB if you're not going to use it.

Oh, and Ubisoft have been putting out some pathetic PC ports recently. Rainbow Six: Vegas and Splinter Cell: Double Agent were incredibly buggy and resource intensive, and Assassin's Creed looks like it'll be the same.

Charmers5896d ago

I guess Ubisoft stopped smoking that funny smelling tobacco. I mean seriously 3,072mbs to run a game, over SIX times the amount available to consoles. You really do have to wonder what on earth they were smoking.

Skynetone5896d ago

ATI RADEON X1300 and 4 gigs, on my vista machine

i think ill stick to concole gaming

the ps3 and 360 have certainly uped the specs for pc gamers

potenquatro5896d ago

ur right. and then pc ups the standard specs for consoles. and so on,and so on,and so on......................

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PureArts & Ubisoft Announce Assassin’s Creed Hunt for the Nine 1/6 Scale Diorama

This should make fans and collectors very happy. PureArts & Ubisoft Announce Assassin’s Creed Hunt for the Nine 1/6 Scale Diorama Assassin's Creed Hunt for the Nine 1/6 Scale Diorama available for pre-order on January 25.

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Can We Finally Admit Assassin's Creed 3 Deserves an Apology?

AC3 was released during a turbulent transition period for Ubisoft and the Assassin's Creed series. It ventured into uncharted territory, narratively and mechanically, which caused it to receive mixed reviews. At its core, though, it's a damn good stealth game.

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isarai187d ago

Nope, I hated 3, connar was bland, literally the most flat character in the entire game. Not to mention to myriad of bugs, camera issues, and that annoying thing where he automatically ditches his weapon you payed for for the sake of a cool finishing move forcing you to trek back to your base after almost every encounter just to re-equip your own weapon. It just didn't work as fluidly as the others like 2 and 4

Samonuske187d ago

The series peaked at AC3 for me. It’s been my favourite in the series. Connor will always be one of my favourite video game protagonists.

Becuzisaid187d ago

No. Game was BORING. Connor was really dull. Environments, while impressive, because of the geographic location and time period were not really exciting to be in. I would love some kind of game set in there colonial American time period, but a game like AC that back then centered around parkour and vertical traversal really didn't fit those environments.

-Foxtrot187d ago

Nope

There was a lot of issues but mine is how they handled the war

They told us Connor was not going to get involved, that the war was more of a background setting for the real story and it wasn’t going to be one sided

They lied, even the cinematic E3 trailer showed Connor emerge from the Colonist side and slaughter the red coats to get to his target, inspiring the Colonists to fight back

I just thought it would have made more sense lore wise that the red coats were mostly compiled of Assassins fighting the Colonist templars who wanted to take the new world for themselves.

Since the Red coats lost the war, it would then explain how the Templars started to gain the upper hand and how on the future the assassins were mostly killed off and the Templar’s had pretty much taken over everything.

Instead it just felt like they didn’t want to p*** off the American audience

Even Haytham was cool, he should have been an Assassin through and through and should have been the main lead.

toxic-inferno187d ago

The game even seems to lack the humour of the other games. It almost seems as though the idea of even slightly making fun of American history wouldn't be acceptable.

-Foxtrot186d ago

Exactly

It just felt super safe

“Better not make the colonists look super bad incase people boycott our game”

jeromeface186d ago

someone missed the whole point

-Foxtrot186d ago

There was literally no point

What I've just said above would at least make sense lore wise and why the Assassins start to loose their war, die off and how the Templars are in control in the future of almost everything....what they did was just, pointless

CrimsonWing69187d ago

I’m one one of those weird people that liked Ass Creed 3, but to be fair I never got around to finishing it.

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5 Of the Most Unlikeable Video Game Protagonists

There are good video game protagonists, and there are bad video game protagonists.

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GhostScholar198d ago (Edited 198d ago )

I disagree that max is unlikable. Chloe is infinitely more unlikable in my opinion.

gold_drake197d ago

omg chloe was awful. i really hated her at the end haha

Cacabunga197d ago

Abby was absolute trash protagonist in every way..
Tidus was so meh to me..
On villain side, the one i didn’t like wa Micah, because they wanted him to be that way and it was brilliant👍🏽

Rancegamerx197d ago

I agree, I liked Max, Chloe was a horrible friend and a bad influence.

Cacabunga197d ago

Everyone agrees on chloe, I’m sure even ND do.

H9197d ago

Both are horrible, granted Chloe is infinitely worse, it feels like Chloe is just fanservice for people who too over the edge and wasn't written to be a character that makes sense

GooGobbler198d ago

What about that Forspoken Tw*t

MrChow666197d ago

exactly I was expecting it to be a the top of the list

ravens52197d ago

Ye I was expecting her too. Guess they actually played the game. Unlike you and whoever agrees.

gpimlott196d ago

I played through the whole game and think she is one of the worst character Ive ever played as

ravens52196d ago (Edited 196d ago )

gpimlott. How?

Stanjara187d ago

Why would I payed and played the game if the whole internet is making fun of a character?

-Im here to kill Chaos...are you Chaos?

Yeah, I didn't play that game either.

Christopher197d ago (Edited 197d ago )

She's actually not bad. It's the writing itself that is bad overall, but she's fine overall. She's no worse than Miles Morales IMHO. Both thrust into a spotlight and receiving both praise and blame and dealing with it.

Forspoken is a bland game because it's 75% bland, boring, repetitive going through the motions and diversions that add nothing of the value with purposefully gated memory moments that don't feel organic or like you're discovering things but waiting for others to reveal things.

ravens52197d ago

Exactly Chris. Even though I liked the game. I kno u played it. People who actually played it and went thru her dream saw she was a good likeable person who really just acted out due to being alone and unloved. I think your problem is it was open world, I think if it was more linear you may have liked it better.

savedsynner197d ago

Oh no she's bad. Very unlikable even before you add on the bad dialogue. The game could have been quite good with a good protagonist

ravens52197d ago

For all the people like synner. Shes actually half white lol. Inferior complexity is a hell of a thing. You'll be ok.

Nerdmaster198d ago

Most of these aren't even that bad. Especially comparing to others like Squall "Whatever" Leonhart, Forspoken's Frey, and the guy from Atomic Heart.

-Foxtrot197d ago

Squall is one of the best developed main FF characters so...

People talk about his "whatever" thing thats at the start of the game, not the character he eventually becomes in the end.

Nerdmaster197d ago

No amount of "character development", (especially the ones that for me feels sudden and undeserved like Squall's), will justify him being a d**k to my girl Quistis. Even if he found the cure for cancer, from that moment on, I would never like him.
The article is about being unlikeable, and he was indeed unlikeable for at least half of the game.

BrainSyphoned197d ago

Squall is the best protagonists in FF so you can go whatever yourself.

H9197d ago

My good sir, I need to steal that "you can go whatever yourself" because it's gold

BlaqMagiq1197d ago

Except Squall has actual character development.

gold_drake197d ago (Edited 197d ago )

the "watever" is only present in the english localisation.
so your argument doesnt rly ... stand imo.

Nerdmaster197d ago

Good for you that you could enjoy the japanese version. That's not the case for me and the majority of people here, though.

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gold_drake197d ago (Edited 197d ago )

i had to stop reading after the "blatant misogyny" in the Dantes inferno section.

i actually liked Max haha.

the forspoken chick is missing tho

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